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Ocean terms and definitions

Flashcards for quick repetition. Questions about structure of oceanic bed and shore as well as effects affecting oceanic waters.
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A large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans. Currents carry water from one place to another.
Tide
Water Pressure
Ocean Current
Climate
Ocean Current
Movement of energy through a body of water.
current
wave
amplitude
leak
wave
A piece of land that has been created from active volcanoes in the ocean. An island is surrounded by water completely.
continent
volcanic Island
lagoon
peninsula
volcanic Island
The shore is the land at the edge of the ocean. This land also extends inland from the shore line.
coastal plain
rim
abyssal plain
peninsula
coastal plain
A long, deep valley on the ocean floor
Continental slope
Continental shelf
Ocean trench
Abyssal plain
Ocean trench
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